Captain and Co-Captain
(Chuck requested the title)
The boat anchored down...
Fast Friends
After the tide came in...
The end of a beautiful day on the beach...
Playing in the water works up a girl's appetite.
On our way back to our friends' house, we circled the
New Point Comfort Lighthouse
It was built in 1805.
It's the third oldest lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay and marks the
entrance into the Mobjack Bay from the Chesapeake.
entrance into the Mobjack Bay from the Chesapeake.
It was built by the original keeper, Elzy Burroughs.
Can you imagine?
The year is 1805...
Hey hun. I'm going to build a 63 foot lighthouse....on an island....made of sandstone.
Thomas Jefferson said it's alright.
As you can see, I couldn't get enough of it.
And get this, Elzy's wife's maiden name was Miss LightBURN.
Weird right?
The Bay has since claimed the land where the house once stood.
I so badly wanted to climb the spiraling stone steps to the top of the tower, but felt it wouldn't be appropriate to trespass in the company of new friends (plus I would have had to ask the Captain to pull the boat over and believed it would have been fruitless and awkward).
I love this post. You made some great pics and obviously some great memories.
ReplyDeleteLove the post too!! Love this old Lighthouse :) You could go to the top and pretend to be a Damsel in distress and your Prince could save you :) How Romantic :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place to live!! These are wonderful pictures. Great to see my baby having fun with friends.I just need a lot more sky miles.
ReplyDeletei like the lighthouse pics! the ones with the window closer up wwere my faves.
ReplyDeletethe tiger roar pic would have been better if I could have heard the roar with it ;)
You have got some mad camera skills. Love the pics!
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